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Needs Analysis
No matter the scale or complexity of the project, our first step remains the same, a thorough and well thought out examination of your specific needs. Our consultants will work with you to develop your business and security needs into a set of technical requirements. These requirements provide the benchmark by which network designs and infrastructure devices will be measured.

Wireless Infrastructure Selection
The product landscape has become so vast over the last few years that finding the right set of products to fit your specific needs can be difficult. With needs varying from situation to situation no one solution can be right for everyone. Armed with a thorough understanding of your unique business requirements and an intimate awareness of the evolving product landscape, our consultants are ideally positioned to recommend the solution that best meets your requirements. After narrowing the field of options, a specific set of tests can be developed and carried out based on the your individual requirements. This proven methodology ensures that the deployed solution won't fall short of your expectations.

System Architecture Design
Careful consideration must be paid to how the network will be constructed. Performance, security, manageability, and scaleability are just some of the aspects which are addressed in this critical phase of design. Based on the requirements collected in the Needs Analysis phase, a network architecture is finalized and documented along with configuration and deployment guides to ensure a smooth transition into the deployment phase. Every aspect of the deployment is planned from establishing RF site survey requirements to formulating a management strategy. Efforts put forth in these areas pay dividends by easing deployment and improving long term supportability.

Network Security Analysis
Experience shows that despite the extensive attention received by wireless network security over the past few years, many networks have been and are actively being deployed with known security weaknesses. By examining sometimes contradictory security and business requirements it is possible to develop a deployable solution, introducing considerable layers of security into an existing network design and eliminating the need for a costly network redesign and redeployment.

Updated November 21, 2008
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